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chartreuse
chartreuse , liqueur made exclusively by Carthusians at their monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, France, until their expulsion in 1903. The French distillery and trademark were sold, and the order set up a new plant in Tarragona, Spain. The monks' product is identified by the name Liqueur des P&egr... Read more
Carthusians
Carthusians , small order of monks of the Roman Catholic Church [Lat. abbr.,=O. Cart.]. It was established by St. Bruno at La Grande Chartreuse (see Chartreuse, Grande ) in France in 1084. The Carthusians are peculiar among orders of Western monasticism in cultivating a nearly eremitical life: ea... Read more
Saint Bruno
Saint Bruno c.1030-1101, German monk, founder of the Carthusians , b. Cologne. He studied and taught at Reims. In 1084 he took six companions and founded a little monastery in the Alps, which became the mother house of the Carthusian order (see Chartreuse, Grande ). In 1090, Pope Urban II, whom B... Read more
Grenoble
Grenoble , city (1990 pop. 153,973), capital of Isère dept., SE France, on the Isère River at the foot of the Alps. It is the hydroelectric center of France and has an important nuclear-research center. Metals, electrical equipment, chemicals, and food products are the chief manufactur... Read more
Tarragona
Tarragona , city (1990 pop. 112,360), capital of Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Francolí River. A port and commercial center, it has an oil refinery, flour mills, and a large wine export. Some of Spain's finest wines are made in the nearb... Read more
Tarragona
Tarragona , city (1990 pop. 112,360), capital of Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Francolí River. A port and commercial center, it has an oil refinery, flour mills, and a large wine export. Some of Spain's finest wines are made in the nearb... Read more
liqueur
liqueur , strong alcoholic beverage made of almost neutral spirits, flavored with herb mixtures, fruits, or other materials, and usually sweetened. The name derives from the Latin word to melt. Liqueur can be produced by either macerating the flavoring elements in alcohol, which is then distilled or... Read more
Charterhouse
Charterhouse [Fr.,=Chartreuse], in London, England, once a Carthusian monastery (founded 1371), later a hospital for old men and then a school for boys, endowed in 1611. The school, which became a large public school, was removed (1872) to Godalming, Surrey. W. M. Thackeray , a pupil at the school... Read more
Claus Sluter
Claus Sluter , d. 1406, Flemish sculptor, probably of Dutch extraction, active in Burgundy. Under Philip the Bold of Burgundy he had charge of the sculptural works for the porch of the Chartreuse of Champmol, near Dijon; there stands his pedestal for a Calvary—the Well of Moses —with it... Read more
Stendhal
Stendhal , pseud. of Marie Henri Beyle , 1783-1842, French writer, recognized as one of the great French novelists. He grew up in Grenoble hating his father and the Jesuit, Royalist atmosphere in his home, and he went to Paris at his earliest opportunity. There influential relatives obtained... Read more

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Grande Chartreuse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Grande Chartreuse , mountainous massif, Isère dept., SE France, in the...high valley St. Bruno founded (1084) the famous monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, the principal seat of the Carthusians until 1903, when the order...
chartreuse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition chartreuse , liqueur made exclusively by Carthusians at their monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, France, until their expulsion in...Carthusians resumed manufacture there. Green chartreuse contains about 57% alcohol; the sweeter...
Carthusians
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of the Roman Catholic Church [Lat. abbr.,=O. Cart.]. It was established by St. Bruno at La Grande Chartreuse (see Chartreuse, Grande ) in France in 1084. The Carthusians are peculiar among orders of Western monasticism in cultivating...
Carthusian
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Carthusian Monastic order founded by St Bruno in 1084. It is based at the Grande Chartreuse Monastery near Grenoble, France. It is a mainly contemplative order, in which monks and nuns solemnly vow to live in silence and solitude.
Arthur Hugh Clough
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Thus Clough came to typify his whole generation, which seemed, as Matthew Arnold noted in "Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse," to be "wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born." Clough himself made this...
Tarragona
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Near it are the archiepiscopal palace and the archaeological museum. The Carthusian monks expelled (1903) from La Grande Chartreuse in France settled in the city and still produce their famous liqueur. There is a pontifical university in Tarragona...
Grenoble
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...courthouse); and an art museum. Another museum is devoted to Stendhal, who was born in Grenoble. Near the city is the Grande Chartreuse , a monastery founded in 1084. Grenoble is a noted tourist and skiing center and was the site of the 1968 winter...
Saint Bruno
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...companions and founded a little monastery in the Alps, which became the mother house of the Carthusian order (see Chartreuse, Grande ). In 1090, Pope Urban II, whom Bruno had taught, called him to Rome as a counselor. He died in Italy in retirement...

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Chartreuse, La Grande
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Chartreuse, La Grande. See GRANDE CHARTREUSE, LA .
Grande Chartreuse, La
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Grande Chartreuse, La. The mother house of the Carthusian Order , some 15 miles north of Grenoble.
Chartreuse
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Chartreuse 1. A liqueur invented in 1605 and...named for the great charterhouse ( la grande Chartreuse ) which is the mother house of the...There are three varieties: green Chartreuse is 55%, yellow 43%, and white 30...
chartreuse
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology chartreuse liqueur made at La Grande Chartreuse , near Grenoble, XIX. — F., fem. of Chartreux CARTHUSIAN .
Carthusians
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...order, so-called from their mother-house, La Grande Chartreuse (Lat., Cartusia , ‘Charter-house...1127 in the Customs of Guigo I, fifth prior of La Grande Chartreuse. Thus the Order is traditionally characterized as...
Carthusian Order
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...contemplative order was founded by St Bruno in 1084 at the Grande Chartreuse (hence its name). The monks were vowed to silence...Revolution, and in 1901 they were again driven from the Grande Chartreuse, to which they returned in 1940. The Order includes...
Guigo I
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...I (1083–1136), fifth prior of the Grande Chartreuse from 1109. Soon after 1109 he began a collection...the Pensées of B. Pascal . Under him the Grande Chartreuse began to have daughter-houses; partly to meet...
Bruno, St
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Bruno, St ( c. 1032–1101), German-born French churchman. In 1084 he withdrew to the mountains of Chartreuse and founded the Carthusian order at La Grande Chartreuse. His feast day is 6 October.
Clément, René
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...short) 1937 L'Arabie interdite (short) 1938 La Grande Chartreuse (short) 1939 La Bièvre, fille perdue...Triage (short) 1942 Ceux du rail (short) 1943 La Grande Pastorale (short) 1944 Chefs de demain (short) 1945...
Hugh, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Hugh, St ( c. 1140–1200), Bp. of Lincoln from 1186. He became a Carthusian at the Grande Chartreuse when he was about 25; c. 1180 King Henry II secured his services as prior of Witham, the first Carthusian house in England...

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The Times, the Crimean War, and "Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse." (influences of the London Times on poet Matthew Arnold)
Magazine article from: Papers on Language & Literature; 3/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...world" near the conclusion of "Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse" (lines 163-68) be identified as the voice of...Iliad that has puzzle dreaders of "Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse" ever since that poem was published.(1) A specific...
First official tasting of new Chartreuse to be Sept. 5th. (F Y I)
PR Newswire; 9/4/1984; 554 words ; ...official tasting of the new commemorative "La Grande Chartreuse du 9e Centenaire" at a special press conference...melange of the well-known emerald and amber Chartreuse elixirs. "Grande Chartreuse, Liqueur du 9e Centenaire" has a unique...
From the monastery to you
Newspaper article from: Isthmus; 1/12/2007; ; 700+ words ; The liqueur Chartreuse is an herbal blast from the past...numbered bottle sealed with wax. Chartreuse - not the bright green or chrome...herbs again. To this day, "La Grande Chartreuse" - the motherhouse of the Carthusian...
Alpine-green gold; Alpine-green gold and goal
Newspaper article from: The Press; 11/27/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...museum associated with Caves de la Chartreuse. The displays, including an...life of prayer and worship. The Chartreuse manuscript was already ancient...distilled green liquid Elixir Vegetal Grande-Chartreuse. It was a liquid for health...
Widow's Kiss
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/16/2007; 397 words ; ...abbey in Fecamp, Normandy. Chartreuse is made in the Alpine town of Voiron, at a monastery called La Grande Chartreuse. There is little chance its...sure to use yellow (not green) Chartreuse. Ice 1-1/2 ounces Calvados...
Out of Great Silence: a Carthusian interlude.(Spirituality Issue)(An Infinity of Little Hours by Nancy Klein Maguire, Sounds of Silence by Benedict Kossmann and Into Great Silence by Philip Groning)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 2/29/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Vermont in 1951 to the motherhouse in France, La Grande Chartreuse, which is the subject of Groning's film. A young...Sing, an Australian of Chinese descent, to the Grande Chartreuse itself in France. To arrange passage, I was sent...
GRAPEVINE
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/24/1995; ; 555 words ; ...drop of Elixir Vegetale de la Grande Chartreuse, a potent, spicy, herbal...monastic distillery as green Chartreuse, but it couldn't be drunk...flavours. Elixir Vegetale de la Grande Chartreuse costs pounds 10.84 per 10cl...
Death of St Bruno.(biography)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...settle in the isolated valley of Chartreuse in the high, bleak mountains...became the famous monastery of La Grande Chartreuse. Bruno had no intention of founding...subsequent Carthusian (from Chartreuse) foundations, where monks or...
The Battles of the Sacred and the Secular; Priest Writes Classic Books for the New Millennium
Newspaper article from: Italian Voice, The; 2/26/2004; 700+ words ; ...with conflicting emotions. In Chartreuse, Blaise, the central character...s directed to a monk at La Grande Chartreuse who alone knows how to execute...www.josephroccasalvo.com Chartreuse * By Joseph Roccasalvo - Publication...
A World-Class RetreatCITY GUIDE: Grenoble
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 11/24/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...to some jazz, taste a bit of Chartreuse and get plugged in.HOTELS There...sites, such as the Cave de la Grande Chartreuse, which offers a taste of the...also has a healthy respect for Chartreuse and has found several creative...